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He knows that, one way or the other, more blood will be spilled. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeth's story cannot be separated from the language he uses to tell it. He records the spiraling violence in his own unique way, his dialect and way of writing being integral parts of the world into which the reader is thrust. It is a world at once familiar and strange, a place where the basest of human impulses are set against a simple man's desire to do good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI rekin thangz did git a litl betr beefor they went and got a hol lot wors egin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eI rekin I need tɘ ad that I treyd tɘ play mey part in that ordr ɘv thanzs tu. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJerry Hunter was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and lives in Wales. He has published six novels in Welsh. One of the major Welsh-language novelists of the twenty-first century, this is his first novel in his native language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Groundbreaking, impactful and brilliant work. I truly loved this.”\u003cbr\u003eManon Steffan Ros, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Book of Nebo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 144pp\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57608854700364,"sku":"MB0062","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/pre-order.jpg?v=1780558918"}],"url":"https:\/\/melinbapur.cymru\/collections\/frontpage.oembed?page=4","provider":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}